Conveyer.



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CONVEYEH.

APPucAnoN man APR. i. 1915. LQQ@ Iaented Api'. 25, 1916.

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A. L. SHAW.

oNv'EYER. APPLICATlON FILED-APR. l. 1915.

Patented Apr. 25, 1918.

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ARTHUR L. SHAW', 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CONVEYER.

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Speccationof Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 19115.

Application mea April 1', 19,15. serial No. 18,441.

conveyers of the chain and drag type and- 'w means for supporting and moving them from place to place.

Another object of my invention is to generally improve structures of this character whereby to simplify the design and 'cheapen the cost of constructionand to provide co# operating meansv for their support whereby the said devices may be moved from place to place and adjusted to Anew situations by means readily Aoperable by a single workman.

Other, lfurther and more specific objects of my .invention will become readily apparent, to personsv skilled in the art, from a consideration 'of the following description when taken in conjunction `with the draw- "ings, wherein y Figure lshows an elevation of one form which the invention may take. Fig. 2 is an isometric perspective of a tower for sup- 'porting the conveyer. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a stationary track whereon to support the conveyer. Fig.4 is a side elevation of the same.

In all the views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.r j

While my conveyer can be employed for handling and conveying 'various substances, or niaterials,it isespecially welladapted for conveying coa-l from railwayaars into bins or .from bins to cars; from' yards: tov

conveyer with its attached motor, fromv place to place, ready for 4immediate operation when located in new situations. j

In-handling coal, at 'coal yards, cars of M, coal are unloaded into bins placed-in' rows along and parallel with railway-tracks and llel and in the same vertical planes.

from the -bins the coal is subsequently load ed on wagons and trucks for distribution.

In carrying my invention into effect I provlde convenient means for supporting the conveyer and whereby or whereon it use is required.

The conveyer proper consists of a subframe 10 and a superposed vframe or trough, l1.. These spaced apart frames are par-al- The sub-frame consists of parallel angle bars properly spaced apart and connected together at intervals by cross bars. yA sheet metal trough 17, is the conduit through which the materials are conveyed by the chain driven drags. The trough 17 and the' angle irons of the sub-frame are connected together by vertical angle irons or posts, 22, 23', 24. The posts or standards 23', 24 rise above the conveyer trough for support of an internal combustion engine, or other motor, 26. Cross braces, 27', connect the standards 23 and 24 on either side of and above the frame structure. A floor 29 is supported upon the upper end ofthe standards upon the angle irons 31. Across the front end of thestructure, to the standards 'are secured suitable shaft bearings for accommodation of the chain driving shaft 34. The shaft 34 projects from one side of the frame and on the projecting end it carries a sprocket wheel 35 for the drive chain 36.l The drive chain 36 is connected to a sprocket wheel 37 that is driven'by a counter shaft 38. Secured to the counter shaft 38 is a gear wheel which meshes in a pinion 42 carried on` the engine shaft 43. Mounted on the 'shaft 34 are sprocket wheels for conveyer chains. Connected to the conveyer chainsv 48, at proper intervals are conveyer drags 50.

- Mounted upon the standards at the lower end of the conveyer are suitable shaft bearings for the respective ends'o-f a shaft 54. -The shaft 54-carries sprocket wheels near its ends, for the conveyer chains 48.

nmay be moved -to various localities where its The operation of the conveying deviceis obvious from the foregoing description, in connection with lthe drawings. v

The motor 26 being operated in the proper direction propels the conveyer chains. A vbail 68 is pivotallysecured to either side of the structure, as at 69, at points where the structure will substantially balance, as shown inthe drawings, the bail carrying an eye 71 operator, for moving the conveyer along in' front of a series ofbins 75. The trolley upon which the device is movedconsists of trolley wheels 7 6-7 6 rotatably supported in a vertically extending frame 77,-asat `78, the lower end of wl'iicli/-gsbifurcated andinturned as at '79, to tlieends of which immediately below thetr'arlg 80 is a cross bar 77. In the cross bar 77 is securedrod'SO, linked torod 81, as at S2. The lower rod 81 carries an eye 83 into which the block 84 is adapted to be hooked or to engage. Along the side'ofthe bins 75-75 at'proper intervals I erectposts 85 of proper and suflicient height,to which is attached an equal number of'incliiied rafters or beams 86; the lower ends of. which are connected tothe 89 are connected to the vertical posts 85, as at 90, the upper projectingends of which are connected to the rafters 86,l as at 91, and

other braces 92 and' 93 are connected to eacliH o f the vertical posts 85 and tothe rafters 86, as shown. A metal plate 94, is secured to the forwardly projecting -ends of each of the rafters-86, and is provided with a vertically extending end 95 which is secured to the trolley track or rail 80 as by bolts 96;

' Cross braces 98 join adjacent posts 85. Bv this means the conveyer may be moved along the track upon which are' located the cars of coal to be loaded or unloadedand in front of the respective bins' 75-7 5. Owing tothe presence of the turn bolt veye 79 which passes through the cross bar 77"'the con-v veyer may be rotated upon the vertical axis of the support.

When it is desired to transport the con-l veyer in the-coal yard or other places I support it upon a tower 100; consisting of ver# ytical standards 101, 102, 103, and 104, connected' togetlienbya q'uadrilateral frame 105, at the'top and cross bars 106, to the center of Which is rotatively secured a hook or eye bolt 107. The standards- 101" and 102 are cross-braced by braces v108and transversey braces 109. In the same manner standards 103 and 104 arebraced land cross connected. The standards 102 and 104 are cross connected together neartheir' bottom ends by the braces 110 andthe crossbrace 111. A quadrilateral frame 112 connects all of the stand- 4ards together.4 The standards 101 and 103 are similarly connected together, but at their l.tops by 'other' braces 110 vand 1l1. TheI cross bars 111 afford va support for the conveyer,-

as shown in Fig. 1, when the same is resting upon the tower, andthe cross bar 111 at the top 1s never 1n the path of the conveyer when it is lifted to its highest extent.y The tower veyer, as at 116, upon which the coal or other 70' material handled by the conveyer will fall on its way to the receptacle in-which it is intended to be placed, such as wagons, trucks or the like. 'f

lhile I have 'herein shown and described 7 5 asingle embodiment of my invention for the purpose of clear disclosure, it is evident thatmany changes in the arrangement and disposition and configuration of the parts may be made within tlie'scope .of ythe appended 80 claims, and that a motor, other than a gas engine may be employed, suoli as an electric motor or the like, for driving the conveyein roof S7 of the bin structure, as at 8'8. Braces Having described my invention,\what I claim isz- 1. In a'device of the character described, the combinationA with a drag convey-er, a

rigid frame supporting said conveyer, a ino-,a tor supporting frame carried' by the conveyer frame near-the receiving end thereof,

.conveyer frame between the motor` and the discharge end at points to substantially bal- -ance the structure when supported by the bail.

2. In a4 deviceof the character described,

the combination with a drag conveyer, of a conveyer trough, a sub-frame spaced beneath and away from the trough to carry the return flight. ofthe conveyer,l braces connecting the trough and sub-frame, certain of said braces adjacent the receiving end of the conveyer being extended above ,the trough .to provide a motorsupporting frame,- a motor carried -on' said extended braces, a drive chain connecting the motor to the conveyer at thedischarge end and a' supporting bail-110 pivotally connected to opposite sides of the trough between the motorian'd the discharge end at points to substantially balancethe .structure when supported by the bail. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my 115 hand in the presence oftwosnbscribing'witnesses..

j ARTHUR L./`SHAW.- In the presence ofl STANLEY-W. Coon,

MARr F. ALLEN. 

